Geoff Calkins' Take 5: Sam's focus should be football, not TV

Five quick thoughts while feeling grateful I am not the subject of a reality show:

1. Today's show would feature me returning to my minivan, after having lunch with my ex-wife to plan out summer for the kids, to find a note on the windshield that says, "Nice parking dumbass."

2. In fairness, I'm a terrible parker. So the note writer may have been justified.

3. But the point is, I'm glad cameras aren't following me around. And Michael Sam shouldn't have cameras following him around him, either, at least until he's actually accomplished something in the NFL.

4. So, yes, I think it was a dumb (there's that word again) idea for Sam to sign up for Oprah's latest reality show. He's a seventh-round draft pick. He should be focusing on the job at hand. People would roll their eyes if Tom Brady decided to do a reality show. And he's at least bound for the Hall of Fame.

5. Here's how much NFL teams hate reality TV: The league recently said teams would not be allowed to turn down an appearance on the HBO show, "Hard Knocks." So if you're a seventh-round pick who wants to be treated like everybody else, why not tell the cameras to wait at least a year?